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Variations on a theme: World Premiere of new version of Elgar's Violin Sonata

Works for violin and piano by Rootham, Borenstein and David Matthews

Part of the Festival of English Music 2019

Add to my Calendar 25-05-2019 10:45 25-05-2019 12:45 36 Variations on a theme: World Premiere of new version of Elgar's Violin Sonata The thirteenth English Music Festival: 24th – 27th May 2019 The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance, innovation, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century.   Contemporary music is represented by Israeli-French-British composer Nimrod Borenstein and a new work composed by David Matthews, featuring violinist Rupert Marshall-Luck and the celebrated German pianist, Michael Korstick.  Also in this programme is a performance of Elgar’s Violin Sonata using a new urtext edition from G. Henle Verlag, stripping back the editorial layers and errors that found their ways into the hitherto published versions, to bring a fresh new version that is true to Elgar’s intentions. All concerts are listed on Classical Events. Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Dorchester Abbey
High Street
Dorchester on Thames
Oxfordshire
OX10 7HH
England

Programme

Cyril Bradley Rootham – Violin Sonata
Edward Elgar – Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82 (Urtext version by G. Henle Verlag)
David Matthews – Variations for Violin and Piano on a Song by Roger Scruton, Op.152
Nimrod Borenstein – Confession
Nimrod Borenstein – Souvenirs
Nimrod Borenstein – Noctural Fantasia

Performers

Rupert Marshall-Luck – violin
Michael Korstick – piano

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Programme Note

The thirteenth English Music Festival: 24th – 27th May 2019

The annual English Music Festival celebrates the brilliance, innovation, beauty and rich musical heritage of Britain with a strong focus on unearthing overlooked or forgotten masterpieces of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century.  
 
Contemporary music is represented by Israeli-French-British composer Nimrod Borenstein and a new work composed by David Matthews, featuring violinist Rupert Marshall-Luck and the celebrated German pianist, Michael Korstick.  Also in this programme is a performance of Elgar’s Violin Sonata using a new urtext edition from G. Henle Verlag, stripping back the editorial layers and errors that found their ways into the hitherto published versions, to bring a fresh new version that is true to Elgar’s intentions.

All concerts are listed on Classical Events.

Rupert Marshall-Luck (photo, Em Marshall-Luck)

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